adebeyor
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Adebayor would be excellent, and he'll probably leave in january aswell.
Mancini would rather play Platt then Adebayor at the moment.
Lukaku is a great shout, sadly he'll probably end up at Chelsea.
Gameiro, Dzeko or Llorente.
Benzema.
There are a lot of great youngish forwards out there, we have to sign one of them...
Mancini would rather play Platt then Adebayor at the moment.
Lukaku is a great shout, sadly he'll probably end up at Chelsea.
Gameiro, Dzeko or Llorente.
Benzema.
There are a lot of great youngish forwards out there, we have to sign one of them...
Any from this lot, and two if possible.
Muller, Benzema, Cardozo, Kleber, Lukaku, Liorente, Dzeko, Adebayor, Carroll, Lavezzi...
Basically, the player should have enough quality to quickly earn a spot in our first team.
Muller, Benzema, Cardozo, Kleber, Lukaku, Liorente, Dzeko, Adebayor, Carroll, Lavezzi...
Basically, the player should have enough quality to quickly earn a spot in our first team.
[quote author=kingjulian link=topic=42960.msg1225896#msg1225896 date=1291034870]
Any from this lot, and two if possible.
Muller, Benzema, Cardozo, Kleber, Lukaku, Liorente, Dzeko, Adebayor, Carroll, Lavezzi...
Basically, the player should have enough quality to quickly earn a spot in our first team.
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There's no hope in hell of us getting Thomas Muller.
Any from this lot, and two if possible.
Muller, Benzema, Cardozo, Kleber, Lukaku, Liorente, Dzeko, Adebayor, Carroll, Lavezzi...
Basically, the player should have enough quality to quickly earn a spot in our first team.
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There's no hope in hell of us getting Thomas Muller.
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the_khl
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[quote author=kingjulian link=topic=42960.msg1225896#msg1225896 date=1291034870]
Any from this lot, and two if possible.
Muller, Benzema, Cardozo, Kleber, Lukaku, Liorente, Dzeko, Adebayor, Carroll, Lavezzi...
Basically, the player should have enough quality to quickly earn a spot in our first team.
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Müller is not going anywhere this Winter and if he is you're going to pay gazillions for him. Less than 1% chance.
Benzema could be available but as Mourinho is certainly more fond of him than his predessesor I highly doubt that he's either available nor affordable. Less than 5% chance. And he wouldn't move now with Champions League coming up in Spring.
Cardozo. Well, for startes he's not the youngest and secondly he's never been outside Portugal (apart from clubs in South America). Don't know whether he'd be the right man but he sure can hit a ball with power.
Kleber. Who? Do you know him? Have you seen him play?
Luakaku. Yeah, looks a brilliant prospect. Less than little chance we'll be the ones spending way over the top for this one mind. Less than 2.5% chance.
Llorente. I haven't watched that much of him. Sometimes he looks very good, strong, tall player with decent skill on the ball. One of my good friends who's watching a lot La Liga doubts that he'll ever make it at a top club. He'll probably be within reach however and is perhaps your best shout so far. But also a bit of an unknown. How much have you seen him play btw?
Dzeko. Another one of Europes most thought after players I can't see us buy. He's very strong and very influencial but he'll be seriously expensive and as such probably out of our Leage. Chance of getting him to Liverpool? 5% tops.
Adebayor. For me absolute no-go. Intrigant, arrogant and unlikeable. He's a very good forward/striker but he makes airhead Bendtner appear saint-like almost. One of few players I really dislike. There could be a chance of course should we be interested as he's not playing regularly.
Carroll. Not going to happen this January. 0%.
Lavezzi. Haven't seen enough of him to judge properly but he could be an intersting bet - could become very expensive if rumours about apparent interest from Juve, Real et care true. Perhaps not completely unrealistic.
If we're going to buy two from that lot it would most realisticly be Cardozo and Kleber with a slim chance of Llorente and a evn slimmer chance of Lavezzi. At least that's how I see it.
Any from this lot, and two if possible.
Muller, Benzema, Cardozo, Kleber, Lukaku, Liorente, Dzeko, Adebayor, Carroll, Lavezzi...
Basically, the player should have enough quality to quickly earn a spot in our first team.
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Müller is not going anywhere this Winter and if he is you're going to pay gazillions for him. Less than 1% chance.
Benzema could be available but as Mourinho is certainly more fond of him than his predessesor I highly doubt that he's either available nor affordable. Less than 5% chance. And he wouldn't move now with Champions League coming up in Spring.
Cardozo. Well, for startes he's not the youngest and secondly he's never been outside Portugal (apart from clubs in South America). Don't know whether he'd be the right man but he sure can hit a ball with power.
Kleber. Who? Do you know him? Have you seen him play?
Luakaku. Yeah, looks a brilliant prospect. Less than little chance we'll be the ones spending way over the top for this one mind. Less than 2.5% chance.
Llorente. I haven't watched that much of him. Sometimes he looks very good, strong, tall player with decent skill on the ball. One of my good friends who's watching a lot La Liga doubts that he'll ever make it at a top club. He'll probably be within reach however and is perhaps your best shout so far. But also a bit of an unknown. How much have you seen him play btw?
Dzeko. Another one of Europes most thought after players I can't see us buy. He's very strong and very influencial but he'll be seriously expensive and as such probably out of our Leage. Chance of getting him to Liverpool? 5% tops.
Adebayor. For me absolute no-go. Intrigant, arrogant and unlikeable. He's a very good forward/striker but he makes airhead Bendtner appear saint-like almost. One of few players I really dislike. There could be a chance of course should we be interested as he's not playing regularly.
Carroll. Not going to happen this January. 0%.
Lavezzi. Haven't seen enough of him to judge properly but he could be an intersting bet - could become very expensive if rumours about apparent interest from Juve, Real et care true. Perhaps not completely unrealistic.
If we're going to buy two from that lot it would most realisticly be Cardozo and Kleber with a slim chance of Llorente and a evn slimmer chance of Lavezzi. At least that's how I see it.
This thread is not about analyzing our ability to afford a player. No body knows what our transfer budget will be, so there is no point second guessing that. I'm also not the LFC scout, so i'm just naming some good players i like, and i'd be happy if the club signs someone of their Caliber and not exactly these players. As long as we don't piss down 15 million on Bendtner, we should be alright...
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the_khl
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[quote author=kingjulian link=topic=42960.msg1225972#msg1225972 date=1291039684]
This thread is not about analyzing our ability to afford a player. No body knows what our transfer budget will be, so there is no point second guessing that. I'm also not the LFC scout, so i'm just naming some good players i like, and i'd be happy if the club signs someone of their Caliber and not exactly these players. As long as we don't piss down 15 million on Bendtner, we should be alright...
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*PHEEW*
This thread is not about analyzing our ability to afford a player. No body knows what our transfer budget will be, so there is no point second guessing that. I'm also not the LFC scout, so i'm just naming some good players i like, and i'd be happy if the club signs someone of their Caliber and not exactly these players. As long as we don't piss down 15 million on Bendtner, we should be alright...
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*PHEEW*
You need to stop taking yourself too seriously mate. Your opinion on LFC squad is ultimately worthless (as is mine, the difference is i know that).
I'm not going any further with this shit...this is where it stops.
I'm not going any further with this shit...this is where it stops.
Adebayor will certainly be on the move in january. The biggest problem would be his wages, all 150.000 £.
That will be the main problem for any team that buy a player from City. They will end up subsidizing wages for a loooong time. If the new rules from FIfa and the CL is approved. City can forget about that tournament for a while.
That will be the main problem for any team that buy a player from City. They will end up subsidizing wages for a loooong time. If the new rules from FIfa and the CL is approved. City can forget about that tournament for a while.
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[quote author=dmishra link=topic=42960.msg1225302#msg1225302 date=1290970858]
KHL, that is just outrightly insane.
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No it's not? It's a brilliant suggestion actually.
Young, Premiership-proven striker that's more than capable of playing in both a 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 formation.
He's struggling for games with Chamakh starting brightly and Van Persie coming back from injury.
He's an airhead but he believes he's the best and he's got a lot of the right abilities to be one of them over time. Him and Torres (and Hazard) has got the potential to be one of the best strike-forces around.
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It's shit KHL, I don't think he's as bad as some make out but he's a cock and he's nowhere near good enough to step in for Torres because he lacks the pace and ability. If it was a straight choice between Bent and Bentdner, it's no brainer who half the World would go for.
There are dozens of better strikers out there who we should be prepared to spend that sort of money on, he'd be one of the last.
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KHL, that is just outrightly insane.
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No it's not? It's a brilliant suggestion actually.
Young, Premiership-proven striker that's more than capable of playing in both a 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 formation.
He's struggling for games with Chamakh starting brightly and Van Persie coming back from injury.
He's an airhead but he believes he's the best and he's got a lot of the right abilities to be one of them over time. Him and Torres (and Hazard) has got the potential to be one of the best strike-forces around.
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It's shit KHL, I don't think he's as bad as some make out but he's a cock and he's nowhere near good enough to step in for Torres because he lacks the pace and ability. If it was a straight choice between Bent and Bentdner, it's no brainer who half the World would go for.
There are dozens of better strikers out there who we should be prepared to spend that sort of money on, he'd be one of the last.
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We're linked with Bent today actually
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Yes please. We should have bought him a couple of seasons ago when it was first mooted.
That boy shits goals, in mediocre teams as well.
So he'd fit right in with us.
We're linked with Bent today actually
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Yes please. We should have bought him a couple of seasons ago when it was first mooted.
That boy shits goals, in mediocre teams as well.
So he'd fit right in with us.
But the rumoured amount in the Darrent Bent link is £22m. Is he worth that much?
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But the rumoured amount in the Darrent Bent link is £22m. Is he worth that much?
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fucking hell, no. bent's a great prem striker, but would he be happy sitting on the bench? would he dovetail well with torres in a 442? are we going to play 442 on a regular basis?
not convinced at all. i just don't think he's right for us - look at the problems he had at spurs.
i actually think the striker signing, provided we're planning on playing torres up front by himself, is much trickier to get right than people realise. you need someone at least approaching torres quality but who's happy to sit on the bench more often than not, or can also play out wide - chelsea had the same problem with drogba. anelka came in and the only solution long-term has been for anelka to play as a wing-forward.
the other way around the problem is to go for a precocious youngster who's got the potential to replace torres long-term but more likely to accept being a substitute in the short-term. that's what i think we should be going for, someone like lukaku.
But the rumoured amount in the Darrent Bent link is £22m. Is he worth that much?
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fucking hell, no. bent's a great prem striker, but would he be happy sitting on the bench? would he dovetail well with torres in a 442? are we going to play 442 on a regular basis?
not convinced at all. i just don't think he's right for us - look at the problems he had at spurs.
i actually think the striker signing, provided we're planning on playing torres up front by himself, is much trickier to get right than people realise. you need someone at least approaching torres quality but who's happy to sit on the bench more often than not, or can also play out wide - chelsea had the same problem with drogba. anelka came in and the only solution long-term has been for anelka to play as a wing-forward.
the other way around the problem is to go for a precocious youngster who's got the potential to replace torres long-term but more likely to accept being a substitute in the short-term. that's what i think we should be going for, someone like lukaku.
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Squiggles
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Me and Anita argued relentlessly in favour of Darren Bent when he was leaving Spurs.
"Why do we want a Spurs reject" and "Not good enough" was the SCM brick wall we were met by. Since then he went and scored a shitload of goals - which was always going to happen - and £13M has proved an absolute steal.
£22M is too much.
"Why do we want a Spurs reject" and "Not good enough" was the SCM brick wall we were met by. Since then he went and scored a shitload of goals - which was always going to happen - and £13M has proved an absolute steal.
£22M is too much.
[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=42960.msg1226419#msg1226419 date=1291108725]
Me and Anita argued relentlessly in favour of Darren Bent when he was leaving Spurs.
"Why do we want a Spurs reject" and "Not good enough" was the SCM brick wall we were met by. Since then he went and scored a shitload of goals - which was always going to happen - and £13M has proved an absolute steal.
£22M is too much.
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yeah, he scored a shitload at sunderland, and at charlton too. but he struggled at spurs.
does that not worry you just a little bit?
Me and Anita argued relentlessly in favour of Darren Bent when he was leaving Spurs.
"Why do we want a Spurs reject" and "Not good enough" was the SCM brick wall we were met by. Since then he went and scored a shitload of goals - which was always going to happen - and £13M has proved an absolute steal.
£22M is too much.
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yeah, he scored a shitload at sunderland, and at charlton too. but he struggled at spurs.
does that not worry you just a little bit?
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Squiggles
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No, because Spurs never needed him, played him, or had any interest in playing a set-up suited to his game. Commoli signed him completely unnecessarily (yay)
I'm a bit meh about Darren Bent...
He is a much better player than N'gog to have on the bench. But at 22 million....It's a definite no for me. 12 to 14 million would be a more reasonable price.
He is a level above Elmander, Bendtner etc...but those players can be got in the 5 to 10 million price range. Should we really fork out 3 times the money to get a player who is a bit better than those guys?
If we had 22 million to spend on one striker, we should take it to Real and i think they will do a deal for Benzema for 20 to 22 million euros...
It would also show Torres that we mean business, and will sign Marquee players going forward.
He is a much better player than N'gog to have on the bench. But at 22 million....It's a definite no for me. 12 to 14 million would be a more reasonable price.
He is a level above Elmander, Bendtner etc...but those players can be got in the 5 to 10 million price range. Should we really fork out 3 times the money to get a player who is a bit better than those guys?
If we had 22 million to spend on one striker, we should take it to Real and i think they will do a deal for Benzema for 20 to 22 million euros...
It would also show Torres that we mean business, and will sign Marquee players going forward.
Metro linking us to Cisse...
32 goals in 35 games this season.. albeit in Greece..
32 goals in 35 games this season.. albeit in Greece..
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Squiggles
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Ha, I quite liked Cisse, but he's totally brainless.
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the_khl
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Watched him play for Panathinaikos this Season in the Champions League and judged by those performances there's not a chance in hell for him coming back to Liverpool.
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[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=42960.msg1226419#msg1226419 date=1291108725]
Me and Anita argued relentlessly in favour of Darren Bent when he was leaving Spurs.
"Why do we want a Spurs reject" and "Not good enough" was the SCM brick wall we were met by. Since then he went and scored a shitload of goals - which was always going to happen - and £13M has proved an absolute steal.
£22M is too much.
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yeah, he scored a shitload at sunderland, and at charlton too. but he struggled at spurs.
does that not worry you just a little bit?
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Nearly half of his 60 league games were from the bench and he scored 18 goals.
That's not much of a struggle in my eyes.
[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=42960.msg1226419#msg1226419 date=1291108725]
Me and Anita argued relentlessly in favour of Darren Bent when he was leaving Spurs.
"Why do we want a Spurs reject" and "Not good enough" was the SCM brick wall we were met by. Since then he went and scored a shitload of goals - which was always going to happen - and £13M has proved an absolute steal.
£22M is too much.
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yeah, he scored a shitload at sunderland, and at charlton too. but he struggled at spurs.
does that not worry you just a little bit?
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Nearly half of his 60 league games were from the bench and he scored 18 goals.
That's not much of a struggle in my eyes.
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[quote author=peterhague link=topic=42960.msg1226429#msg1226429 date=1291109745]
[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=42960.msg1226419#msg1226419 date=1291108725]
Me and Anita argued relentlessly in favour of Darren Bent when he was leaving Spurs.
"Why do we want a Spurs reject" and "Not good enough" was the SCM brick wall we were met by. Since then he went and scored a shitload of goals - which was always going to happen - and £13M has proved an absolute steal.
£22M is too much.
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yeah, he scored a shitload at sunderland, and at charlton too. but he struggled at spurs.
does that not worry you just a little bit?
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Nearly half of his 60 league games were from the bench and he scored 18 goals.
That's not much of a struggle in my eyes.
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the clue's in the word 'bench'.
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[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=42960.msg1226419#msg1226419 date=1291108725]
Me and Anita argued relentlessly in favour of Darren Bent when he was leaving Spurs.
"Why do we want a Spurs reject" and "Not good enough" was the SCM brick wall we were met by. Since then he went and scored a shitload of goals - which was always going to happen - and £13M has proved an absolute steal.
£22M is too much.
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yeah, he scored a shitload at sunderland, and at charlton too. but he struggled at spurs.
does that not worry you just a little bit?
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Nearly half of his 60 league games were from the bench and he scored 18 goals.
That's not much of a struggle in my eyes.
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the clue's in the word 'bench'.
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